What is the testing life cycle

Q: What is the testing life cycle?

A: There is no standard, but it consists of:
Test Planning (Test Strategy, Test Plan(s), Test Bed Creation)
Test Development (Test Procedures, Test Scenarios, Test Cases)
Test Execution
Result Analysis (compare Expected to Actual results)
Defect Tracking
Metrics
Reporting

An alternate to this would be

Effort Estimation
Project Initiation
System Study
Test Plan
Design Test Cases
Test Automation
Execute Test Cases
Report Defects
Regression Test
Analysis
Summary Reports